Event Detail

Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Future of Leader-Leadership and Character Development: What’s “I” got to do with it? Frontline with Faculty Series.

“Ask what you can do to make the world a better place.”
“Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest
abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream
which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and
greater strength for our nation.”
“Leadership and Learning are Indispensable to Each Other."
- John F. Kennedy “To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a
menace to society."
- Teddy Roosevelt Dana Born will discuss leader and leadership development and
incorporate into the discussion the growing importance of character
development. Given the changing world, does the leader focus
on what it is to exercise leadership make sense as a starting
point? Does the fascination with explanations and
descriptions of "I" serve us?
Dana H. Born, Lecturer in Public Policy, is a retired brigadier
general with 30 years of service in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to
coming to Harvard, from 2004-2013, she served two terms as the
President appointed dean of the faculty for the U.S. Air Force
Academy where she was also a professor and head of the Behavioral
Sciences and Leadership Department. Dana also served as
Assistant Director for Recruiting Research and Analysis in the
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management
Policy, aide to the Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Chief of
the Personnel Issues Team in the Office of the Deputy Chief of
Staff for Personnel. She commanded the 11th Mission Support
Squadron at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., was an
Exchange Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force, and served in
Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A 1983
graduate with distinction of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Dana holds
two master¹s degrees (Trinity University and University of
Melbourne) and a doctorate in industrial and organizational
psychology from Penn State University. She has received a large
number of awards, including an honorary doctorate from Simmons
College in 2007, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the
Legion of Merit and the Defense Meritorious Service
Medal.